She was able to to compromise, but she’s totally sold out her political principles with this

Olaf Bohnke

He told Sky News: “The problem is, the agreement only exists between the CSU, Seehofer’s party and Angela Merkel’s CDU.

“It has not been consolidated with the SPD, and the strategy behind it is just to give the black card to the SPD right now.

“So they agreed in principle to a concept that was denied by the SPD and the former grand coalition in 2015 already, and Merkel at that time actually backed this agreement.

“Now, she’s just switched camps.

“She’s switched camp from the moderates in the government coalition, left the SPD and is now joining the CSU, but by this she has lot a lost of her credibility within the coalition party and also in public opinion.

“She was able to to compromise, but she’s totally sold out her political principles with this.”

The compromise came after lawmakers from both conservative parties in the German coalition urged the Chancellor and her interior minister on Monday to resolve the dispute over migrant policy that has thrown her three-month-old government into disarray.

Speaking of the deal after terse negotiations on Monday, Mrs Merkel said: "We want on the one hand to set up transit centres in Germany and from there carry out returns in agreement with countries from which asylum seekers come and where they are already registered.

"As such the spirit of partnership in the European Union is preserved and at the same time an important step to order and control secondary migration and that's why I think that we have found a good compromise after tough negotiations and difficult days."